1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them , 2Speak unto the children of Israel , saying , These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3Whatsoever parteth the hoof , and is clovenfooted , and cheweth the cud , among the beasts, that may ye eat. 4Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud , or of them that part the hoof : the camel , because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof , he is unclean unto you . 5And the coney , because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof , he is unclean unto you . 6And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof , she is unclean unto you . 7And the swine , because he parteth the hoof , and is clovenfooted , but cheweth not the cud , he is unclean unto you . 8Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch ; they are unclean unto you . 9These may ye eat of all that are in the waters : whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters , in the seas , and in the rivers , that may ye eat. 10And all that have not fins and scales in the seas , and in the rivers , of all that move in the waters , and of all the living creatures that are in the waters , they are an abomination unto you , 11and they shall be an abomination unto you ; ye shall not eat of their flesh , and their carcasses ye shall have in abomination . 12Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters , that is an abomination unto you . 13And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds ; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination : the eagle , and the gier-eagle, and the ospray , 14and the kite , and the falcon after its kind , 15every raven after its kind , 16and the ostrich , and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind , 17and the little owl , and the cormorant , and the great owl , 18and the horned owl , and the pelican , and the vulture , 19and the stork , the heron after its kind , and the hoopoe , and the bat . 20All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you . 21Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet , wherewith to leap upon the earth; 22even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kind , and the bald locust after its kind , and the cricket after its kind , and the grasshopper after its kind . 23But all winged creeping things , which have four feet , are an abomination unto you .
The Purpose of Clean and Unclean
24And by these ye shall become unclean : whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even ; 25and whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even . 26Every beast which parteth the hoof , and is not clovenfooted , nor cheweth the cud , is unclean unto you : every one that toucheth them shall be unclean . 27And whatsoever goeth upon its paws , among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean unto you : whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even . 28And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : they are unclean unto you . 29And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel , and the mouse , and the great lizard after its kind , 30and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard , and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon . 31These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep : whosoever doth touch them , when they are dead , shall be unclean until the even . 32And upon whatsoever any of them , when they are dead , doth fall , it shall be unclean ; whether it be any vessel of wood , or raiment, or skin , or sack , whatsoever vessel it be , wherewith any work is done , it must be put into water , and it shall be unclean until the even ; then shall it be clean . 33And every earthen vessel , whereinto any of them falleth , whatsoever is in it shall be unclean , and it ye shall break . 34All food therein which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean ; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean . 35And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean ; whether oven , or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean , and shall be unclean unto you . 36Nevertheless a fountain or a pit wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean : but that which toucheth their carcass shall be unclean . 37And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown , it is clean . 38But if water be put upon the seed , and aught of their carcass fall thereon , it is unclean unto you . 39And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die ; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even . 40And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even . 41And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an abomination ; it shall not be eaten. 42Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath many feet , even all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination . 43Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth , neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them , that ye should be defiled thereby. 44For I am Jehovah your God : sanctify yourselves therefore , and be ye holy ; for I am holy : neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth. 45For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt , to be your God : ye shall therefore be holy , for I am holy . 46This is the law of the beast , and of the bird , and of every living creature that moveth in the waters , and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth; 47to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean , and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.